Baling-press



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L. H. HALLAM.

(No Model.)

BALING PRESS.

Patented May 2l, 1889.

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L. H. HALL-AM. BALING PRESS.

No. 403,662. Patented May 21, 1889.

UNITED STATES'l PATENT @Price LEIGH H. HALLAM,` OF BELTON, TEXAS.

BALINGPRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,662, dated May 21,1889.

Application led October 11, 1888. Serial No. 287,788. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LEIGH H. HALLAM, of Belton, in the county of Belland State of Texas, have invented a new and Improv-ed Baling-Press, ofwhich the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to baling-presses, and has for its object toprovide a press of this character by means of which a direct stroke iowill be given to the plunger, the latter permitted to rebound by therecoil of the hay, and the hay properly held in position.

The invention consists in a baling-press constructed and arranged ashereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view, invertical longitudinal section, of a portion of the press on the lineFig. 1. Fig. 3is averticaltransverse section on the line y y, Fig. 1.Fig. 4 is a detail of one of the dogs detached. Fig. 5 is an enlargedplan view of the mechanism for applying power; and Fig. 6 is a verticalsection on the line-'212, Fig. 5.

In carrying out this invention a rectangular open frame, 1, is provided,in which is mounted a sliding frame, 2, and a Vert-ical rotary shaft, 3,having secured to its square portion 4 an arln 5, provided with ananti-friction roller, 6, at its end and an anti-friction roller, 63, onits side. The arm 5is braced by means of a cross-piece, 5, mounted onthe square portion 4 and braced by diagonal rods 6, connecting it witharm 5. A brace-rod, 62, extends from the arm 5 to the shaft 3. Near theupper end of shaft 3 is rigidly secured an arm, 7, and above the arm thesweep 9 is loosely mounted on the said shaft. To the rear end of thesweep 9 the cross-bar 8 is secured, and from the ends of the cross-bardiagonal braces 11 extend to the sweep.

Upon the swinging end of arm 7 is a lug or block, 12, bolted thereto orcast integral therewith, against which the sweep 9 is brought to bearwhen swung in one direction, and causes 5o the arm 7 to be moved,therebyrotat-ing shaft 3. The sweep 9 is connected by a wire, 10', witha ring, 11', loosely mounted on the top sides ofthe frame l and passingabove the sides of the frame 2. The frame 2 is connected by a bar, 14,with a plunger, 15, mounted in an oblong casing, 16, in which the baleis pressed. The casing 16 is connected by rods or bars 17 with frame 1and is formed with the top opening, 18, through which the material to bepressed is inserted, and with the yielding top strip, 19, secured at oneend to the cross-bar 2O of casing 16.

By means of the top strip, 19, the pressed material is held undertension, the tension being regulated by a screw-rod, 21, mounted incross-piece 22 at the end of casing 16, and formed with a square head,23, at its outer end and a ball, 24, at its inner end, located betweenthe strip 19 and the inclined surface 25 of a cross-strip, 26. By havingthe screwrod 21'arranged in an inclined position ap; proachin g thehorizontal less strain is brought to bear on its threads in theoperation of the press.

i In slots 27 in the sides of casing 16, extending below the topopening, 18, are centrallypivoted dogs 28, having their forward ends,29, normally held within the casing 16 by springs 30 bearing againsttheir ends 31. The sides of plunger 15 are provided with grooves 28which permit the dogs to be thrown into position by their springs tocatch the hay upon the withdrawal of the plunger. The dogs 28 arepressed back by the hay as it passes them in being pushed forwardbeneath the strip 19. As the plunger recedes, the dogs catch the hay orother pressed material and prevent it from being thrown out of thepress.

In the operation of 'the device, if hay or other material is to bepressed it is fed into the casing 16 in front of plunger 15. Upon thehorse attached to singletree 10 being driven, the draft on the sweep 9causes the same to be brought against the block or .lug 12 on arm 7, andthrough the rotation of shaft IOO ger recedes after the arm 5 passes thecenter l of bar 13, at which time the rebound of the hay throws back theplunger and frame 2, causing shaft 3 and arm 5 to revolve without anyback-throw on the sweep, which is left free. In then continued rotationof the shaft 3 the arm 5 is swung toward the back of frame 1, and if bythe reeoil of the eompressed hay the plunger l5, its bar 14, and

. the frame 2 have not been carried entirely back theyare movedby armL5. As the sweep 9 is loosely mounted on shaft 3 and the .arm

7, with block or 12, isfree to ymove with i shaft .3 independently of`sweep 9 in the re.

as the stroke is completed, and the horse is y permitted to proceed withthe .sweep without By means of l, theantomatie reeoil the reeeptaeleisinstantly opened and the horse :is permitted to 'travel in aeircnit ofthree-quarters of a -cirele in feeding the press `before thearmbwithantifrietion roller 63, engages the inner erfassbar, 13, andstarts .the plunger lint@ the press. i The bar 1.4 is loeateda shortdistance above the ground, .s0 vrthat the horse een :step

ing ,anti-frieden vrollers o and .and located While Lhaverdeseribed aspecifi@ .eonsztlllef f with bloei: 12,- the .sweep 9., loosely pivotedto :shaft 3 and y.engaging the arm' Y7, and `Vthe easdeparting from the.essential 4features of the g I opening, 18., spring-.aotnated dogsl2213 located being affected by .the recoil.

over it.

tonof parts., .l do not desire to limit 4myself thereto, as the pantsmay be vari-ed without invention.

Having thus described inyin-vention,wl1at l 'elaiin as new, and desireto seen-.re Letters Patent, isu 1. A baling-press consisting of aplunger and plun-gerfrod, a reeiprecating sliding frame conneetedtherewith, la rotary .shaft having; .an -arrn for actuating the slidingframe, ,-a draft-sweep loosely mounted to turn on the rotary shaft, `andan :arm on .the rotary shaft having a lug or projection `against .whichthe vided with a projection or lug, and a sweep Vloosely mounted on theshaft and adapted to engage the saidlug to rotate the shaft,substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In 4a balingfpress, a sliding reciprocating frame, 2, having areciprocating sliding bar, 14, and crossbars 13, and mounted in a frame,l, in combination with .a rotary shaft, 3, .having lateral arm, 5,adapted to alternately 'bear against theenossfbars i3, a lateral arm,

7., with a block, 12, ,ai one rand, and a sweep, 9, loosely pivotedollsha-,ft 3 and ging the lug of `arm 7, .sniestantialiy as shown :anddescribed.

4,. 1n Va balingpress, ,a reeeptacfle, 16, hav.- ing elasticeoinpressionvstrip 19 @ross-strip 26 with inclined :under snrfaee, 25,and a screw-rod, 2l, with .a wedgingfhead, .24, lo-

.cated between str-ip 26 and stri-p i9, substan-` tially deseribzed.

5. A baling-press `con-sistizllg of from@ 're- .eiproeating slidingframe r2, mounted in' frame 1 and having .cross-bars 1.3,andreeiproratng .Shaft i4., with plunger lalravins side grooves., es', andkneared in .a receptacle, 'le the renti- .shafat ,3 in frame i, withlateral .arm o, 'havbetween `eross-'loans 13., the arm Y.on shaft .3,

.ing 16., eonneeted to frame 1 :and top in slots 27 in .the` sides .ofreeeptaele 1.6, beneath opening 13, .and topielastie .eomfpressionstrip,1.9, .with adjxustingiserew-rod 2l., having .a ball, 24, .abone .endloeated between .croissinten netten.. Witnesses J.. JZ. Mitten, sr.,

J. Hannon.

